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Proverbs 22:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

8 Those who sow iniquity reap calamity,(A)
    and the rod used in anger will fail.[a]
9 The generous will be blessed,
    for they share their food with the poor.
10 Expel the arrogant and discord goes too;
    strife and insult cease.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:8 Agricultural metaphors express the failure of malicious actions. In the first line, bad actions are seeds yielding trouble. In the second line, “the rod” is a flail used to beat grains as in Is 28:27.
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